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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Left-hander Cole Hamels and right-hander Yu Darvish were struggling before pitching gems in the first two games of the Texas Rangers three-game series against the Oakland As.Hamels pitched seven shutout innings in a 3-0 victory on Friday night when the Rangers clinched the American League West title. Darvish blanked the As for seven inning in a 5-0 win on Saturday afternoon.Both pitchers got back on track in what were likely their next-to-last starts before the postseason begins.On Sunday, right-hander Colby Lewis will try to regain his pitching groove when the Rangers go for a series sweep at the Oakland Coliseum.Hes a real important guy on our team, too, Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus said of Lewis after hitting a pair of two-run homers. He carried our team in the first half.Lewis will make his third start since returning from a two-month stint on the disabled list with a strained lat muscle in the back of his pitching shoulder. Lewis went 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA in his past two starts. In his last start, he gave up three runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 6-3 loss to the As.Lewis is 12-5 with a 2.87 ERA in 29 games, including 27 starts, in his career against Oakland. He has more career wins and starts against the As than any other team.In his last start at the Coliseum on June 16, Lewis took a no-hitter into the ninth inning and settled for a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 victory. He improved to 6-0 with that win but has lost his past three starts.As rookie right-hander Jharel Cotton will make his fourth career major-league start and try to pitch his fourth straight gem. Hes 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and has allowed one earned run in each of his three starts.Its been good, Cotton said. My confidence is now higher, but the jobs not done. I think I have one or two more starts to go and I want to go out there and give my team a chance to win and go out there and pitch the way I know how to pitch and have fun out there on the mound.Cotton joined John Henry Johnson and Rich Harden as the only pitchers in Oakland history to start their careers with three straight outings of at least five innings and one or fewer earned runs.As manager Bob Melvin said what has stood out most about Cotton is the poise he has had from the minute he took the mound in his debut on Sept. 7 in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in Oakland.I know he was a little nervous in the bullpen, but once he got on the mound, he looked like he was really comfortable, Melvin said. Hes with a new organization, hes pitching at the big leagues for a first time. Theres a lot of things that can unnerve you on the mound, and it didnt look like that was the case with him.The stuff you see. The stuff is good, but I think the confidence that he had when he first took the mound probably impressed me the most. Hes another guy that definitely well take a hard look next year in the rotation.Cotton is one of three pitchers the As acquired from the Dodgers earlier this season in exchange for outfielder Josh Reddick and left-hander Rich Hill. Steve McNair Titans Jersey . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Jeffery Simmons Womens Jersey .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. http://www.authentictitanspro.com/Warren-moon-titans-jersey/ .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. Warren Moon Womens Jersey .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. Earl Campbell Titans Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. LONDON -- The International Tennis Federation says Uzbekistan umpires Sherzod Hasanov and Arkhip Molotyagin have been banned for life after being found guilty of betting-related offenses.The ITF said Wednesday that Hasanov and Molotyagin were found guilty of using a mobile phone to communicate scores of matches which they were officiating to a third party at an ITF Futures event in Tiberias, Israel in September 2015.It also said the pair delayed putting scores into their mobile electronic devicces to allow a third party to place bets on matches in which they were officiating, and manipulated scores by using fictitious deuce games while officiating at other ITF Futures events over a seven-month period.dddddddddddd.The ITFs Futures tour is the federations lowest competition level and has been identified as a major area of concern for corruption in the sport. ' ' '